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This list includes individuals who were sentenced to death and
had their sentenced overturned by acquittal or pardon.[1] The
state listed is the state where the individual was convicted, the
year listed is the year of release and the case listed is the case
that overturned their conviction.

This list does not include

posthumous pardons for individuals executed before 1950

inmates who were given life sentences when their country,
province or state abolished the death penalty

people who were threatened with death and never jailed.

people who were jailed by extralegal groups or
courts, for example as often occurs in cases of sentences of stoning.

39. Timothy Hennis (In 2006, the US Military filed capital
charges for the same crime after previously unavailable DNA evidence became available. Because
he was on death row under state law, there is no double
jeopardy.)

80. Ronald
WilliamsonOklahoma. Convicted 1988. Williamson later
became the inspiration for and subject of John Grisham's 2006 non-fiction book
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town[7].

Previous Canadian government policy was that in all but
exceptional cases, Canada will not extradite accused murderers
unless the death sentence will not be imposed, or if imposed, not
carried out. This diplomatic commutation arrangement stems from the
2001 case of United States v. Burns. Sebastian Burns. In 2008, the incumbent
government announced that it would no longer participate in
clemency dealings. The decision was met with criticism from human
rights activists and Canadian citizens.